Bookkeeping, Accounting & CFO Services in Akron, OH
Akron companies rooted in materials, manufacturing, and healthcare can lean on PSG for accurate books, cost visibility, and CFO level planning as they grow.
Akron companies rooted in materials, manufacturing, and healthcare can lean on PSG for accurate books, cost visibility, and CFO level planning as they grow.
Akron is the seat of Summit County in Northeast Ohio, part of a corridor that links Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south. Once synonymous with tire and rubber production, the city has shifted toward advanced materials, polymer research, healthcare, and logistics, with the University of Akron supporting engineering and polymer science work. Small and mid sized companies here include specialty manufacturers, industrial suppliers, construction trades, healthcare practices, and a growing set of founder led technology and product startups.
Akron businesses frequently mix manufacturing complexity with lean finance teams. Polymer and materials firms need careful inventory and cost tracking, trades and contractors need job costing and work in progress schedules, and growing startups need budgets and runway planning that investors trust. PSG provides dependable monthly bookkeeping and close, and our fractional CFOs add margin analysis, cash forecasting, and board ready reporting so leaders can invest in equipment and people at the right pace.
Ohio uses a Commercial Activity Tax on gross receipts instead of a corporate income tax, and most cities levy a municipal income tax on wages and net profits. Employers must withhold for the correct municipality.
General information only, not tax advice. Rules change, so confirm specifics with a tax professional.
Yes. We work with Akron companies through a dedicated team that is entirely US based, combining Big Four accounting experience with years of operating experience across industries. Your team closes the books on a regular schedule, works inside the accounting tools you already use and looks at your numbers the way an operator would, not just a bookkeeper.
Typically bank and card reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, payroll support, Ohio sales tax tracking and monthly financial statements you can act on. Growing companies can add fractional CFO support for forecasting, budgeting and cash planning.
Usually when decisions start to outgrow the books: raising capital or bank financing, opening a new location, making key hires, tightening margins or preparing for a future sale. A fractional CFO adds forecasting and strategic guidance without the cost of a full time executive.
We also work with businesses in Cuyahoga Falls, Canton, Strongsville, Parma and Cleveland.
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Hi! I'm Sam, a financial leader who's managed operations from startups to $40M enterprises.
I've led licensing deals with Disney, Marvel, and Viacom, while overseeing products across 35,000 retail stores. Through SHK Financial, I've helped 15+ high-growth companies succeed, including recovering $2M in receivables for a major client and rebuilding a $10M ARR company's accounting system in 6 months. Now, as Chief Accounting Officer at PSG, I oversee 50+ revenue streams and help launch many successful 8-figure businesses.
My journey started uniquely - while studying finance at Fresno State, I taught both chess and accounting to students, teaching me that success in finance, like in chess, is all about strategic thinking and seeing several moves ahead.